Pakistan Hosted the Second Most Refugees in the World in 2017

Pakistan hosted the second largest number of refugees in the world following Turkey, which hosted the world largest population of refugees in 2017.

According to United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), developing countries outdid the developed countries in their generosity to host people rendered homeless by conflicts, wars and natural calamities and disasters.

As per the UNHCR report, Turkey hosted the most numbers of refugees. It hosted 3.48 million refugees. An overwhelming majority of them were Syrian, who fled the civil war in their home country to take refuge in Turkey.

Pakistan hosted the second largest number of refugees globally and hosted 1.39 million people.